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As President Donald Trump pushes the bounds of military activity on domestic soil, a debate has emerged over a nearly 150-year old law that regulates when federal troops can intervene in state issues. About 800 National Guard troops filed into Washington, D.C., on Tuesday after President Donald Trump said — without substantiation — that they were needed to reduce crime …

Documents obtained by The Washington Post indicate that the Pentagon is evaluating plans to set up a task force of National Guard soldiers who could respond to riots, violence, and unrest in American cities. The report says Alabama is included in the tentative plans as the host of one of two planned bases for a “Domestic Civil Disturbance Quick Reaction …

Pentagon plan would create military ‘reaction force’ for civil unrest  The Washington Post Trump could expand role of national guard for ‘quick reaction’ to unrest  The Guardian Trump wants Alabama-based military ‘reaction force’ to stop violence in cities, report states  AL.com Trump Wants His Own Troops to Crush Unrest in U.S. Cities  The Daily Beast Trump looking to create squad of 600 troops to …

Rocket Launch: Vulcan USSF-106 – YouTube Watch On United Launch Alliance (ULA) will launch its most powerful Vulcan rocket yet today (Aug. 12), and you can watch the liftoff live. ULA will launch an experimental navigation satellite on behalf of the U.S. military during a one-hour launch window that opens at 7:59 p.m. ET (2359 GMT) on Tuesday (Aug. 12). …

Three officials involved in President Trump’s controversial deployment of National Guard troops to respond to protests in Los Angeles testified Monday as the trial in California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s lawsuit against the Trump administration began. The question at issue is whether the military forces sent in by Mr. Trump — including members of the Marine Corps and National Guard — …

US military was deployed to LA protests despite low risk, general testifies  Reuters Trial begins on whether deployment of National Guard to Los Angeles violated federal law  ABC7 Los Angeles US judge hears if Trump team broke law during LA Ice protests  The Guardian The legal battle over Trump’s use of the National Guard moves to a California courtroom  CNN Trial Begins Over Trump’s …

Landmark trial kicks off over Trump’s use of US military in LA policing role  Reuters Trial Begins Over Trump’s Deployment of National Guard in L.A.  The New York Times The legal battle over Trump’s use of the National Guard moves to a California courtroom  CNN US judge to consider if Trump team broke law during LA Ice protests  The Guardian Trump and Newsom fight …

Landmark trial kicks off over Trump’s use of US military in LA policing role  Reuters Trial Begins Over Trump’s Deployment of National Guard in L.A.  The New York Times The legal battle over Trump’s use of the National Guard moves to a California courtroom  CNN US judge to consider if Trump team broke law during LA Ice protests  The Guardian Trump and Newsom fight …

US President Donald Trump has directed the Pentagon to prepare military plans against Latin American drug cartels designated as terrorist organizations, US media reported on Friday. The move follows the designation of Mexico’s Sinaloa Cartel, Venezuela’s Tren de Aragua and six other Latin America-based groups as foreign terrorist organizations in February. According to The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal, potential …

Mexico has said US military would not be entering its territory following reports that President Donald Trump had directed the Pentagon to target Latin American drug cartels. “The United States is not going to come to Mexico with the military,” President Claudia Sheinbaum said on Friday. “We co-operate, we collaborate, but there is not going to be an invasion. That …